Ponytail Shape Is Determined by Complex Physics

Friday, February 10, 2012 - 20:10 in Physics & Chemistry

A head of 100,000 hairs is an intricate system. Elasticity, density, curl and length determine the shape of a ponytail when all those strands are bundled together.

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